Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area

Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist and author Scott Young, Young embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. He then moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. His solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse, includes critically acclaimed albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), On the Beach (1974), and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). Young was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu.

Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician and actor. He is best known for being the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, and provides lead vocals for Green Day's side projects Foxboro Hot Tubs, the Network, the Longshot and the Coverups. Armstrong has been considered by critics as one of the greatest punk rock guitarists of all time, as well as one of the greatest punk rock singers of all time.

American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1949)

American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012)

American bassist (1962–1986)

American musician

American musician, writer and painter

American musician (born 1960)

Hong Kong singer (1975–2023)

American actor and dancer (born 1982)

American singer and percussionist (born 1957)

American singer, songwriter and actress

American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, songwriter

American musician (1940–2024)

American classical violinist (1918–2012)

American musician

American musician

Canadian singer, songwriter, model, actress (1959–2016)

Hong Kong actor and singer

American singer-songwriter

American percussionist

American musician

American musician and songwriter

American drummer

American guitarist

South Korean-American singer, actor and host

Chinese American actor, singer and martial artist

actor, composer, musician (1944-2012)

American singer

American musician

American musician (1943–1989)

American drummer (born 1946)

American musician

American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter (1921-2012)

American singer (1942-1986)

Mexican-American jazz musician and percussionist

American musician

American jazz pianist (1948–2022)

American bass guitarist

American singer

American keyboardist and singer (1952–1990)

American musician (1952–2016)

, better known by his stage name Shing02, is a Japanese-American rapper, record producer, activist and investor. According to Patrick Neate, his music "has addressed important issues from Japanese ethnicity to sexual exploitation to the education system."

American musician

American musician

Italian conductor (1881-1953)

American businessman and philanthropist (1934–2011)

American musician

American DJ

American violinist and actress

actress, singer (1932-2009)

American musician

American singer

American blues keyboardist, composer, and record producer

Michael James Ryan Busbee (June 18, 1976 – September 29, 2019), known professionally as Busbee, was an American songwriter, record producer, publisher, record executive, and multi-instrumentalist. He was known for his work in both pop music and country music, having written for acts including 5 Seconds of Summer, Keith Urban, Lady A, Maren Morris, Trisha Yearwood, Daughtry, and the Fray.

Algerian DJ and composer/producer (1947–2013)

American jazz saxophonist and composer

American singer and songwriter

American drummer (1942–2007)

American musician